A Rare Cause of Constipation and Acute Malnutrition: Primary Intestinal Lymphoma
Nurşah Özdemir 1 * , Gökhan Tümgör 2, Melikhan Çerçi 1, Ayşe Özkan 3, Gülay Sezgin 3, İbrahim Bayram 3, Mehmet Turgut 1
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1 Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Adana, Turkey2 Çukurova University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Adana, Turkey3 Çukurova University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Adana, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Constipation is the group of disease that is most frequently consulted with experts in pediatric gastroenterology. Abnormal neurological examination, non-intestinal symptoms or cases unresponsive to treatment should be stimulative and suggestive of another underlying cause to the doctor. Mature B-cell malignant disease (Burkitt lymphoma) forms 35-40 % of all non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Burkitt lymphoma can be a mass in gastrointestinal system. In this paper, a four-year-old boy who was hospitalized for 17 days in other centers with a diagnosis of malnutrition and constipation and diagnosed as primary intestinal lymphoma in our clinic is presented. Primary intestinal lymphomas discussed under the light of literature.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2014, 41-44

https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.11.10

Publication date: 08 Jan 2014

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